I wanted to move out and live alone.
My father, in order to prevent me from leaving,
Locked the door and chased after me.
My mother came after us.
“It’s haram for a girl to live alone.”
“My aunt lives alone.”
“She couldn’t find herself a husband. It’s her luck.”
“I don’t have a husband either.”
“Then you must stay in your parents’ house.”
“You’re spoiled.
You’re talking to us about your rights!
We should’ve never made you go to school.
This is where all these thoughts came from.”
My aunt’s husband said,
“She must be planning to run away with a man.
She probably wants to move out to live with him.”
My aunt: “She’s definitely cursed.
I know a sheikh who can cure her.
He’ll recite some verses from the Quran to her every week.
She’ll be good as new.”